Scholarship to benefit families of police officers

8:49 PM,
Jan. 23, 2014

Kane County Deputy Brian Harris

Written by

Kevin Jenkins
kevin@thespectrum.com

A nonprofit group that provides support to families of fallen law enforcement officers is accepting applications for a new scholarship that will honor Utah's future leaders.

The Leadership Awards scholarship, sponsored by the Utah 1033 Foundation, is available to children of active-duty Utah peace officers, said Mona Steen, who co-founded the organization with her husband, Tore, in 2011. Up to five $2,000 merit-based scholarship winners will be announced April 1.

"Since this is the first year, one of the biggest challenges we've had as an organization is creating awareness, outside ...